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Revised  edition  ;  adopted  February  16,  1864. 


ANN    ARBOR: 

PUBLISHED    BY    THE    UNIVERSITY. 
1864. 


BOARD   OF  REGENTS. 


JU:v.  KKASTUS  0.  HAVEN,  D.  D.,  LL.  D. 

PKESILKXT  OF  THE  BOARD. 

Term  Expireo. 
•  Aid*  C.  WAI.KKR,  Detroit,        .... 

WILL. MID.  Uattle  Creek,        .... 

>MAS  D.  GILBERT,  Grand  Rapids,       .        .        .  1868. 

ril'i.MAS  .).  Jnsi.lN,  Flint, 1868. 

'  .  KNIGHT,  Detroit, 187o! 

VfAN  JOHNSON,  Centreville,    ....  1870^ 

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CONSTITUTIONAL  PROVISIONS, 


LAWS    AND    BY-LAWS 


Revised  edition  ;  adopted  February  16,  1864. 


ANN  AKB  OR: 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  UNIVERSITY 
1864. 


CONTENTS. 


CHAPTER  I. — The  Endowment  of  the  University. 

CHAPTER  II. — Legislative  Provisions  concerning  the  University. 

CHAPTER  III. — General  By-Laws  of  the  Board  of  Regents. 

CHAPTER  IV. — By-Laws  of  the  Regents  relating  to  the  .Property  and 
Finances  of  the  University. 

CHAPTER  V. — By-Laws  relating  to  the  Faculties, 

CHAPTER  VI — Rules  relating  to  the  Students. 

CHAPTER  VII. — Rules  relating  to  the  Library. 

CHAPTER  VI II. — Rules  relating  to  the  Chemical  Laboratory. 

CHAPTER  IX. — The  order  of  Commencements,  Terms  and  Vacations. 

CHAPTER  X. — By-Laws  of  the  Department  of  Science,  Literature  and 

the  Ait-. 

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CHAPTER  XI. — By-Laws  of  the  Department  of  Medicine  and  Surgery. 
CHAPTER  XII. — By-Laws  of  the  Law  Department. 
CHAPTER  XIII. — By-Laws  of  the  University  Senate. 


LAWS  AND  BY-LAWS 


CHAPTER  I. 

THE    ENDOWMENT    OF    THE    UNIVERSITY. 

/detract  from  an  Act  of  Congress,  concerning  a  Seminary  of  Learning 
in  the  Territory  of  Michigan.     [Approved  May  20,  1826.] 

SECTION  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa- 
tives of  the  United  States  of  America,  in  Congress  assembled,  That 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  set 
apart  and  reserve  from  sale,  out  of  any  of  the  public  lands  within  the 
Territory  of  Michigan,  to  which  the  Indian  title  may  be  extinguish- 
ed, and  not  otherwise  appropriated,  a  quantity  of  land,  not  exceeding 
two  entire  townships,  for  the  use  and  support  of  a  University  within 
the  Territory  aforesaid,  and  for  no  other  use  or  purpose  whatsoever, 
to  be  located  in  tracts  of  land  corresponding  with  any  of  the  legal 
divisions  into  which  the  public  lands  are  authorized  to  be  surveyed, 
Dot  less  than  one  section  ;  one  of  which  said  townships,  so  set  apart 
and  reserved  from  sale,  shall  be  in  lieu  of  an  entire  township  of  land, 
directed  to  be  located  in  said  Territory  for  the  use  of  a  seminary  of 
learning  therein,  by.  an  act  of  Congress  entitled  "  An  act  making  pro- 
vision for  the  disposal  of  the  public  lands  in  the  Indian  Territory, 

iy  and  tor  other  purposes,"  approved  March  twenty-sixth,  one  thousand 

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Extract  from  an  act  supplementary  to  an  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  estal- 
lish  the  northern  boundary  of  the  State  of  Ohio,  and  to  provide  for 
the  admission  of  the  State  of  Michigan  into  the  Union  on  certain  con- 
ditions  therein  expressed.  [Approved  June  23,  1836.  J 

SECTION  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa- 
tives  of  the  United  States  of  America,  in  Congress  assembled;  *  " 
That  the  seventy-two  sections  of  land  set  apart  and  reserved  for  the 
use  and  support  of  a  University,  by  an  act  of  Congress  approved  on 
the  twentieth  day  of  May,  1826,  entitled  "  An  act  concerning  a  semi- 


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nary  of  learning  in  the  Territory  of  Michigan,"  are  hereby  granted 
and  conveyed  to  the  State,  to  be  appropriated  solely  to  the  use  and 
support  of  said  University,  in  such  manner  as  the  Legislature  may 
prescribe. 

Lot  of  Land  in  Detroit. 

By  deed  of  .the  Governor  and  Judges  of  the  Territory  of  Mich' 
igan  there  was  conveyed  to  the  "  Trustees  of  the  University  of  Mich- 
igan," a  lot  on  the  Governor  and  Judges'  Plan  of  the  city  of  Detroit, 
the  title  to  which  passed  to  the  "  Regents  of  the  University  of  Mich- 
igan," on  their  incorporation,  as  successors  to  the  said  trustees.  The 
Regents  of  the  l'nir>rxit>j  v.  The  Board  of  Education  of  Detroit,  4 
Mich.  Pup.  214;  The  Regents  of  the  University  t:  The  Detroit  Young 
Men's  Society,  12  Mich.  J 

Section  2  of  Article  XII.  of  the  Constitution  of  Michigan. 

The  proceeds  from  the  sales  of  all  lands  that  have  been  or  hereaf- 
ter may  be  granted  by  the  United  States  to  the  State,  for  educational 
purposes,  and  the  proceeds  of  all  lands  or  other  property  given  by 
individuals,  or  appropriated  by  the  State  for  like  purposes,  shall  be 
and  remain  a  perpetual  fund,  the  interest  and  income  of  which,  to- 
gether with  the  rents  of  all  such  lands  as  may  remain  unsold,  shall 
be  inviolably  appropriated  and  annually  applied  to  the  specific  ob- 
jects of  the  original  gift,  grant  or  appropriation.  . 

ract  from  Article  XIII.  of  the  Constitution  of  Michigan. 

SKC.  C.  There  shall  be  elected  in  the  year  IMjo,  at  the  time  of  the 
election  of  a  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court,  tight  Regents  of  tin1  lTui- 
versity,  two  of  whom  shall  hold  their  office  for  two  \ear«.  They  shall 
enter  upon  the  duties  of  their  office  on  the  first  day  of  January  next 
succeeding  their  election.  At  every  regular  election  of  a  Justice  of 
the  Supreme  Court  thereafter,  there  shall  be  elected  two  Regents, 
whose  term  of  office  shall  be  eight*  years.  When  a  vacancy  shall 
occur  in  the  office  of  Regent,  it  shall  be  filled  by  appointment  of  the 
Governor.  The  Regents  thus  elected  shall  constitute  the  Board  of 
Regents  of  the  University  of  Michigan.  [For  Legislative  provisions 
to  carry  this  section  into  effect,  see  Laws  of  1863,  p.  274.] 

SEC.  7.  The  Regents  of  the  University,  and  their  successors  in 
office,  shall  continue  to  constitute  the  body  corporate  known  by  the 
name  and  title  of  "  The  Regents  of  the  University  of  Michigan." 

SEC.  8.  The  Regents  of  the  University  shall,  at  their  first  annual 
meeting,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  elect  a  President  of  the 
University,  who  shall  be  ex-officio  a  member  of  their  Board,  with  the 
privilege  of  speaking,  but  not  of  voting.  He  shall  preside  at  the 
meetings  of  the  Board  of  Regents,  and  be  the  principal  executive 
officer  of  the  University.  The  Board  of  Regents  shall  have  the  gen- 
eral supervision  of  the  University,  and  the  direction  and  control  of 
all  expenditures  from  the  University  Interest  Fund. 


CHAPTER  II. 

LEGISLATIVE  PROVISIONS  CONCERNING  THE  UNIVERSITY. 

Chapter  75  of  the  Compiled  Laics  of  Michigan) 

SECTION  1.  The  people  of  the  State  of  Michigan  enact,  That  the 
institution  established  in  this  State,  and  known  as  the  University  of 
Michigan,  is  continued  under  the  name  and  style  heretofore  used. 

SEC.  2.  The  University  shall  provide  the  inhabitants  of  this  State 
with  the  means  of  acquiring  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  various 
branches  of  Literature,  Science  and  the  Arts. 

SEC.  3  The  government  of  the  University  is  vested  in  the  Board 
of  Regents. 

SEC.  4.  The  Board  of  Regents  shall  constitute  the  body  corporate, 
with  the  right,  as  such,  of  suing  and  being  sued,  of  making  and  using 
a  common  seal,  and  altering  the  same. 

SEC.  5.  The  Regents  shall  have  power  to  enact  ordinances,  by- 
laws and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  University  ;  to  elect 
a  President,  to  fix,  incroaso  and  reduce  the  regular  number  of  Pro- 
fessors and  Tutors,  and  to  appoint  the  same,  and  to  determine  the 
amount  of  their  salaries :  Provided,  That  there  shall  always  be  at 
least  one  Professor  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  department  of  Medicine. 

SEC.  6.  They  shall  have  the  power  to  remove  the  President,  and 
any  Professor  or  Tutor,  when  the  interest  of  the  University  shall 
require  it. 

*  SEC.  7.  They  shall  have  power  to  appoint  a  Secretary,  Librarian, 
Treasurer,  Steward,  and  such  other  officers  as  the  interests  of  the  in- 
stitution may  require,  who  shall  hold  their  offices  at  the  pleasure  of 
the  Board,  and  receive  such  compensation  as  the  Board  may  prescribe. 

SKC.  8.  The  University  shall  consist  of  at  least  three  departments  : 

1.  A  department  of  Literature,  Science  and  the  Arts; 

2.  A  department  of  Law  ; 

3.  A  department  of  Medicine  ; 

4.  Such  other  departments  may  be  added  as  the  Regents  shall 
deem  necessary,  and  the  state  of  the  University  Fund  shall  allow. 

SEC.  9.  The  Regents  shall  provide  for  the  arrangement  and  selec- 
tion of  a  course  or  courses  of  study  in  the  University,  for  such  stu- 
dents as  may  not  desire  to  pursue  the  usual  collegiate  course,  in  the 
department  of  Literature,  Science  and  the  Arts,  embracing  the  an- 
cient languages,  and  to  provide  for  the  admission  of  such  students 
without  previous  examination  as  to  their  attainments  in  said  lan- 
guages, and  for  granting  such  certificates  at  the  expiration  of  such 
course  or  term  of  such  students  as  may  be  appropriate  to  their  re- 
spective attainments. 

SEC.  10.  The  Regents  shall  make  provisions  for  keeping  a  set  of 
meteorological  tables  at  the  University,  after  the  forms  adopted  and 
furnished  by  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  therecord  of  which  shall  be 
transmitted,  with  their  report,  to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction, who  shall  embody  the  same  into  his  report. 


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SEC.  11.  The  immediate  government  of  the  several  departmentg 
shall  be  entrusted  to  the  President  and  the  respective  faculties ;  but 
the  Regents  shall  have  power  to  regulate  the  course  of  instruction, 
and  prescribe,  under  the  advice  of  the  Professorship,  the  books  and 
authorities  to  be  used  in  the  several  departments ;  and  also  to  confer 
such  degrees  and  grant  such  diplomas  as  are  usually  conferred  and 
granted  by  other  similar  institutions. 

SEC.  1*2.  The  fee  of  admission  to  the  regular  University  course  in 
the  department  of  Literature,  Science  and  the  Arts,  shall  not  excui •«.! 
ten  dollars,  but  such  course  or  courses  of  instruction  as  may  be  ar- 
ranged under  the  provisions  of  section  nine  of  this  act,  shall  be  open 
without  fee  to  the  citizens  of  this  State. 

SEC.  13.  The  University  shall  be  open  to  all  persons  resident  of 
this  State,  without  charge  of  tuition,  under  the  regulations  ; 
by  the  Regents ;  and  to  all  other  persons  under  such  regulation*  and 
restrictions  as  the  Board  may  prescribe. 

SBC.  14.  The  moneys  received  from  such  source  shall  be  paid  to 
the  Treasurer,  and  so  much  thereof  as  shall  be  necesary  for  the  pur- 
pose, shall  be  expended  by  the  Regents  in  keeping  the  Uuivirsity 
buildings  in  good  condition  and  repair,  and  the  balance  shall  be  ap- 
propriated for  the  increase  of  the  Library. 

SEC.  15.  The  Board  of  Regents  shall  make  an  exhibit  of  the 
affairs  of  the  University,  in  each  year,  to  the  Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction,  setting  forth  the  condition  of  the  University  and  its 
branches ;  the  amount  of  receipts  and  expenditures ;  the  number  of 
Professors,  Tutors  and  other  officers,  and  the  compensation  of  each  ; 
the  number  of  students  in  the  several  departments,  and  the  different 
classes ;  the  books  of  instruction  used ;  an  estimate  of  the  expenses 
for  the  ensuing  year,  together  with  such  other  information  and  sug- 
gestions as  they  may  deem  important,  or  the  Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction  may  require  to  embody  in  his  report. 

SEC.  16.  From  the  increase  arising  from  the  interest  of  the  Uni- 
verrsity  fund,  the  Board  of  Regents  may  erect,  from  time  to  time, 
such  buildings  sfs  are  necessary  for  the  uses  of  the  University,  on 
the  grounds  set  apart  for  the  same  ;  but  no  such  buildings  shall  be 
erected  until  provisions  shall  be  made  for  the  payment  of  the 
ing  indebtedness  of  the  University,  nor  until  one  branch  of  tlie  Uni- 
versity shall  be  established  in  each  Judicial  circuit  in  the  State. 

SEC.  17.  The  Board  of  Regents  shall  have  power  to  expend  so 
much  of  the  interest  arising  from  the  University  fund,  as  may  be  ne- 
cessary for  improving  and  ornamenting  the  University  grounds,  for 
the  purchase  of  philosophical,  chemical,  meteorological,  and  other 
apparatus,  and  to  keep  the  same  in  good  condition. 

SEC.  18.  As  soon  as  the  income  of  the  University  interest  fund 
•will  admit,  it  shall  be  duty  of  the  Board»of  Regents  to  organize  and 
establish  branches  of  the  University,  one  at  least  in  each  Judicial 
circuit  or  district  of  the  State,  and  to  establish  all  needful  rules  and 
regulations  for  the  government  of  the  same.  They  shall  not  give  to 
any  such  branch  the  right  of  conferring  degrees,  nor  appropriate  & 


sum  exceeding  fifteen  hundred  dollars,  in  any  one  year,  for  the  sup- 
port of  any  such  branch. 

SEC.  19.  The  Regents  may  establish  and  organize  a  branch  or 
branches,  by  the  creation  of  a  Trusteeship  for  the  local  management 
of  the  same,  or  they  may  in  their  discretion  select  for  a  branch, 'un- 
der the  restrictions  aforesaid,  any  chartered  literary  institution  in  the 
State. 

SEC.  20.  The  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  called  in  such  manner 
as  the  Regents  shall  prescribe ;  five  of  them  shall  constitute  a  quo- 
rum for  the  transaction  of  business,  and  a  less  number  may  adjourn 
from  time  to  time. 

SEC.  21.  A  Board  of  Visitors,  to  consist  of  three  persons,  shall  be 
appointed  biennially  at  the  commencement  of  the  collegiate  year,  by 
the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction.  It  shall  be  their  duty  to 
make  a  personal  examination  into  the  state  and  condition  of  the  Uni- 
versity in  all  its  departments  and  branches,  once  at  least  in  each 
year,  and  report  the  result  to  the  Superintendent,  suggesting  such 
improvements  as  they  may  deem  important ;  which  report  shall  be 
embodied  into  the  report  of  the  Superintendent. 

SEC.  22.  The  Regents  and 'Visitors  of  the  University  shall  each 
receive  pay  for  the  actual  and  necessary  expenses  incurred  by  them 
in  the  performance  of  their  duties,  which  shall  be  paid  out  of  the 
University  fund. 

SEC.  23.  All  orders  on  the  Treasurer  shall  be  signed  by  the  Sec- 
retary, and  countersigned  by  the  President. 


CHAPTER  III. 

GENERAL  BY-LAWS  OF  THE  BOARD  OP  REGENTS. 

Annual  Meetings. 

SEC.  1.  The  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Regents  shall  be  held 
on  the  Tuesday  next  preceding  the  June  commencement. 

Special  Meetings. 

SEC.  2.  The  Board  will  hold  meetings  upon  adjournment,  when 
necessary,  and  special  meetings  shall  be  called  *by  the  President,  at 
the  request  of  three  Regents,  upon  giving  ten  days'  notice  thereof. 
The  Executive  Committee  or  the  President  may  also  call  special 
meetings,  when  it  may  be  deemed  expedient,  on  giving  like  notice. 

Place  of  Meeting. 

SEC.  3.  The  meetings  of  the  Board  shall  be  held  at  the  University 
buildings,  in  the  city  of  Ann  Arbor,  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the 
Board,  or  unless  for  special  reasons  called  at  some  other  place;  and 
all  meetings  of  the  Board  shall  be  open  and  free  to  the  public,  except 
when  the  Board  shall  otherwise  order. 


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Parliamentary  Rules. 

SEC.  4.  General  parliamentary  rules,  as  modified  by  rules  and  regu- 
lations of  the  Board,  shall  be  observed  in  conducting  its  business, 
and  also  in  the  University  Senate,  and  in  the  Faculty  Meetings. 

Order  of  Business. 

SEC.  5.  The  order  of  business  in  the  Board  of  Regents  shall  be, 
after  introductory  religious  exercises  conducted  by  the  President,  as 
follows : 

1.  Heading,  correction  and  approval  of  the  minutes  of  the  last 
preceding  meeting. 

_    Reports  from  standing  and  special  committees. 

3.  Presentation  of  petitions,  memorials,  and  other  communica- 
tions, and  the  consideration  thereof. 

4.  Motions  and  resolutions. 

5.  Unfinished  and  miscellaneous  business. 

Officers  of  the  Board. 

SEC.  6.  The  officers  of  the  Board  shall  consist  of  the  President  of 
the  University,  a  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  and  the  Board  may,  from 
time  to  time,  appoint  such  professors,  tutors  or  instructors,  and  such 
subordinate  officers  and  employes,  as  they  may  deem  necessary. 

SEC.  7.  In  the  absence  of  the  President,  the  Board  may  appoint 
a  President  pro  tern.,  who  shall  perform  the  duties  of  presiding  officer 
of  the  Board. 

SEC.  8.  All  the  officers  and  employes  of  the  Board  shall  be  ap- 
pointed at  such  time  or  times,  in  such  manner,  and  hold  their  offices 
for  such  term  as  the  Board  shall,  by  resolution,  direct. 

Duties  of  Hit  President. 

SEC.  9.  The  President  of  the  University  is  President  of  the  several 
Faculties.  He  shall  see  that  all  the  laws,  rules  and  regulations  and 
the  course  of  instruction  and  discipline  prescribed  by  the  Board  of 
Regents  for  the  government  of  the  University,  and  each  of  its  de- 
partments, and  all  orders  of  the  Board,  are  executed,  and  shall  exer- 
cise such  general  executive  powers  as  are  granted  by  the  Constitution 
and  Laws,  and  are  necessarv  to  the  good  government  of  the  Universi- 
ty, and  the  protection  of  its  interests,  and  not  otherwise  provided  for. 

He  shall  countersign  all  warrants  legally  drawn  on  the  Treasury. 

He  shall  make  an  annual  report  to  the  Board,  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing, or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  embodying  therein  such  sug- 
gestions and  recommendations  as  he  may  deem  best  for  the  manage- 
ment and  improvement  of  the  University. 

Bond  of  Secretary. 

SBC.  10.  Before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  the  Secre- 
tary shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  Board,  in  the  penal  sum  of  one  thou- 


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sand  dollars,  with  two  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  Board,  con- 
ditioned for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties,  which  bond  shall 
be  deposited  with  the  chairman  of  the  finance  committee  for  safe 
keeping. 

Duties  of  the  Secretary. 

SEC.  11.  The  Secretary  shall  have  the  custody  of  all  the  books 
aud  papers  of  the  Board,  except  such  as  shall  be  otherwise  specially 
provided  for.  He  shall  safely  keep  such  books  and  papers,  and  de- 
liver them  over  to  his  successor,  subject  always  to  the  inspection  of 
the  Board,  aud  to  any  committee  or  member  thereof.  He  shall  prop- 
erly file  all  such  papers,  so  that  they  can  be  readily  found  or  referred 
to.  He  shall  keep  an  accurate  journal  of  all  the  proceedings  of  the 
Board.  He  shall  draw  all  warrants  on  the  Treasurer  when  author- 
ized by  the  Board,  or  by  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Board. 
He  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  pertain  to  his  office,  and  such 
as  shall  be  required  by  the  Board,  or  by  its  rules  aud  regulations. 

Bond  of  Treasurer. 

SEC.  12.  The  Treasurer,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his 
office,  shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  Board,  in  such  penal  sum  as  the 
Board  shall  direct,  not  less  in  any  case  than  twenty-five  thousand 
dollars,  with  two  or  more  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  Board ; 
conditioned  that  he  shall  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  his  said 
office,  so  long  as  he  shall  hold  the  same,  and  shall,  during  such  time, 
safely  keep  and  pay  over,  as  said  Board  shall  direct,  all  moneys  that 
shall  come  to  his  hands,  as  such  Treasurer ;  and  that  he  shall  well 
and  truly  account,  at  any  aud  at  all  times  when  required,  to  the 
Board  of  Regents,  and  to  any  committee  thereof,  and  shall  report  to 
them  at  any  and  at  all  times,  and  from  time  to  time,  when  required 
or  requested  so  to  do;  which  said  bond,  when  approved  as  before 
directed,  shall  be  recorded  at  length  in  the  journal  of  the  Secretary, 
and  shall  then  be  deposited  with  the  chairman  of  the  finance  commit- 
tee for  safe  keeping. 

Duties  of  the  Treasurer. 

SEC.  13.  The  Treasurer  shall  have  the  custody  of  all  moneys  be- 
longing to  the  University,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  demand  and 
receive  all  such  moneys  when  due  from  the  State  Treasurer,  or  any 
other  person  or  persons.  He  shall  pay  all  warrants  on  the  Treasu- 
rer, when  properly  drawn  by  the  Secretary  and  ceuntersigned  by  the 
President.  He  shall  present  at  each  quarterly  or  general  meeting  of 
the  Board,  a  brief  statement,  under  general  heads,  showing  the  re- 
ceipts and  disbursements  during  the  preceding  quarter,  and  since  his 
last  statement,  and  the  amount  of  money  in  the  treasury,  or  the 
amount  it  may  be  overdrawn,  as  the  case  may  be.  He  shall  also,  at 
the  annual  meeting  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  make  to  the 


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Board  an  annual  report,  accompanied  with  his  vouchers,  for  the  pre- 
ceding year,  showing  in  detail  the  receipts  and  disbursements  of  the 
preceding  year.  He  shall  also  perform  such  other  duties  as  the 
Board  may  require.  The  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  shall  be  settled 
each  year. 

Standing  Committees. 

SEC.  14.  There  shall  be  eight  Standing  Committees  of  the  Board, 
as  follows  : 

The  Finance  Committee;  the  Executive  Committee;  the  Commit- 
tee on  the  Classical  Course;  the  Committee  on  the  Scientific  Course 
and  the  Chemical  Laboratory ;  the  Committee  on  the  Law  Depart- 
tmcnt ;  the  Committee  on  the  Medical  Department ;  the  Committee 
on  the  Library ;  the  Committee  on  the  Museum  and  Astronomical 
Observatory. 

Other  standing  Committees  may  also  be  raised  by  resolution  of 
the  Board. 

The  Committees,  how  Constituted. 

SEC.  15.  All  standing  Committees,  except  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee and  the  Library  Committee,  shall  consist  of  three  members  each. 

The  Executive  Committee  snail  consist  of  the  President  of  the 
University  and  three  Regents  to  be  appointed  by  the  Board  ;  the 
Library  Committee  shall  consist  of  the  President  of  the  University, 
three  Regents,  and  one  member  of  each  Faculty,  to  be  chosen  by  the 
respective  Faculties,  and  the  Librarian.  All  standing  Committees 
shall  exist  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Board  of  Regents,  and  may  at 
any  time  be  modified  or  changed  by  the  Board. 

TJte  Finance  Committee. 

.  1C.  This  Committee  shall  have  the  general  supervision  of  the 
financial  affairs  of  the  University,  subject  always  to  the  general  rules 
and  regulations,  and  to  the  control  of  the  Board.  They  shall  make 
to  the  Board,  at  the  annual  meeting,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practi- 
cable, a  report,  showing  the  financial  operations  of  the  University,  for 
the  preceding  year,  the  condition  of  its  treasury,  its  revenues  and  its 
funds,  with  an  estimate  of  the  probable  receipts  and  expenditures  for 
the  next  year,  accompanied  with  such  recommendations  as  said  com- 
mittee shall  deem  proper  to  make. 

The  Executive  Committee. 

SEC.  17.  This  Committee  shall  have  the  general  supervision  of  the 
buildings,  grounds,  and  other  property  belonging  to  the  University. 
They  shall  have  the  charge  of  all  the  expenditures  directed  by  the 
Board,  except  when  the  same  are  otherwise  specially  provided  for. 
They  shall  have  authority  to  institute  suits  when  necessary  for  the 
recovery  or  protection  of  the  property  belonging  to  the  University. 


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The  Library  Committee. 

SEC.  18.  The  Library  Committee  shall  have  the  supervision  of  the 
University  Library,  and  the  selection  of  books  to  be  purchased,  sub- 
ject to  the  general  supervision  of  the  Board  of  Regents.  But  when 
any  list  of  books  to  be  purchased  shall  have  been  agreed  upon  by  the 
Committee,  or  by  the  Board,  the  purchase  shall  be  made  under  the 
direction  of  the  members  of  the  Committee  who  are  Regents,  unless 
otherwise  specially  ordered  by  the  Board. 

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Duties  of  Other  Standing  Committees. 

SEC.  19.  The  other  standing  committees  shall  consider  matters 
pertaining  to  the  several  departments  of  the  University,  indicated  by 
their  several  titles,  and  shall  report  when  they  see  fit,  and  when 
directed  by  the  Board.  And  each  committee  shall  keep  itself  in- 
formed of  the  condition  of  that  department  so  placed  under  its  care. 

TJie  Steward  and  Ms  Duties. 

SEC.  20.  The  Board  of  Regents  may  by  resolution  appoint  a  Stew- 
ard, who  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  execute 
a  bond  to  the  Board  in  the  penal  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  with 
two  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  Board,  conditioned  for  the  faith- 
ful performance  of  his  duties,  which  bond  shall  be  deposited  with 
the  Secretary  for  safe  keeping.  He  shall  be  ministerial  officer,  and 
agent  of  the  executive  committee  and  of  the  other  standing  commit- 
tees, and  of  each  faculty,  subject  always  to  the  direction  and  control 
of  the  Board  and  to  the  general  rules  and  regulations.  He  shall 
have  an  office  in  one  of  the  University  buildings,  and  shall  devote  his 
time  faithfully  to  the  performance  of  his  duties.  He  shall  have  gen- 
eral supervision  of  the  buildings  and  grounds,  and  be  held  responsi- 
ble for  their  good  condition,  both  as  to  cleanliness,  safety  from  fires, 
and  proper  repairs,  and  shall  make  an  annual  report  of  his  doings  to 
the  Board. 

The  Steward  shall  Assess  Damages. 

SEC.  21.  All  damages  done  to  the  buildings,  or  any  University 
property,  by  any  of  the  students,  shall  be  immediately  repaired  under 
the  direction  of  the  Steward,  at  the  expense  of  those  by  whom  it  was 
done,  when  they  are  known,  but  if  not  known  it  shall  be  assessed 
upon  the  class  or  classes  occupying  the  room  in  which  the  damage 
occurs. 

The  Librarian  and  his  Duties. 

SEC.  22.  The  Librarian  shall  have  the  custody  of  the  Library  of 
the  University,  and  shall  suffer  it  to  be  consulted  under  the  by-laws 
and  restrictions  applying  to  the  same.  He  shall  make  an  annual 
report  to  the  Board  of  Regents  at  their  June  meeting,  showing  what 
books  have  been  purchased  during  the  preceding  year ;  the  price  paid 


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for  each  work,  of  whom  purchased,  and  what  books,  if  any,  have 
been  lost  or  destroyed,  and  how  or  by  whom.  He  shall  also  record, 
alphabetically,  in  the  books  provided  for  that  purpose,  immediately 
on  the  receipt  of  any  addition  to  the  Library,  the  title  of  each  work, 
the  time  when  purchased,  of  whom,  and  the  price  paid  for  the  same. 

To  Change  a  Course  of  Study. 

SEC.  23.  No  motion  or  resolution  to  change  the  course  of  study  in 
any  department  shall  be  put  upon  its  passage  until  it  has  first  been 
referred  to  the  proper  faculty  for  their  report  thereon. 


CHAPTER  IV. 

BT-LAWS  OF    TUB  REGENTS    RELATING    TO   THE   PROPERTY    AND  FINANCES 
OF  THE  UNIVERSITY. 

Salaries. 

SEC.  1.  The  salary  of  each  officer,  professor,  instructor,  and  other 
person  employed  by  the  University,  shall  be  fixed  by  resolution, 
subject  to  alteration,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Board,  at  the  time  the 
appointment  shall  be  made,  and  the  Secretary  is  authorized  to  draw 
his  warrant  therefor  on  the  Treasurer,  to  be  countersigned  by  the 
President,  as  the  same  shall  fall  duo.  The  fiscal  year  for  tin 
ment  of  salaries  shall  commence  on  the  first  day  of  October,  and  sala- 
ries shall  be  payable  quarterly,  on  the  first  day  of  .January,  April, 
July  and  October  in  each  year.  No  quarter's  salary  shall  be  {  aM 
till  a  quarter's  services  have  been  rendered. 

/  Delta. 

SEC.  2.  No  debt  or  obligation  whatever,  shall  be  incurred  by  or  in 
behalf  of  this  Board,  except  by  resolution,  entered  at  length  on  the 
journal,  or  by  a  committee  cf  the  Board,  acting  pursuant  to  authority 
expressly  delegated  by  the  Board,  and  entered  at  length  on  the  jour- 
nal. 

Claims. 

SEC.  3.    No  account  or  claim  against  the  University  shall  be  au- ' 
dited  or  allowed,  except  in  writing,  by  the  Board  itself,  or  by  a  com- 
mittee of  the  Board  acting  pursuant  to  authority  expressly  granted 
by  the  Board. 

Drawing  of  Warrants. 

SEC.  4.  No  warrant  shall  be  drawn  on  the  Treasurer,  except  by 
express  direction  of  the  Board,  entered  at  length  on  the  journal,  or 
except  upon  direction  in  writing  of  a  committee  of  the  Board  acting 
pursuant  to  authority  expressly  given  and  entered  on  the  journal,  or 


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except  in  pursuance  of  the  general  rules  and  regulations;  and  no 
warrant  shall  issue  to  any  member  of  the  faculties,  or  other  officer  of 
the  University,  for  any  purpose  whatever,  except  for  services  or  ac- 
counts allowed,  ^unless  upon  the  condition,  expressed  in  the  warrant 
that  shall  be  expended,  and  accounted  for  to  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee, without  unnecessary  delay ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  per- 
son receiving  the  same,  to  account  accordingly. 

Loaning  of  Property. 

SEC.  5.  Articles  of  apparatus  belonging  to  the  University  shall  not 
be  loaned  to  individuals  to  be  taken  out  of  the  instituiton.  Officers 
of  the  University  shall  be  held  accountable  for  all  property  in  their 
charge  belonging  to  the  University. 


CHAPTER  V. 

BY-LAWS  RELATING  TO  THE  FACULTIES. 

Dean  of  the  Faculties. 

SEC.  1.  There  shall  be  elected  annually,  by  the  faculty  of  each 
department,  a  Dean,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  preside  at  the  meet- 
ings of  such  faculty,  in  the  absence  of  the  President  of  the  Univer- 
sity, and  to  perform  such  other  duties  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the 
general  rules  and  by  the  by-laws  of  the  department. 

Members  of  the  Faculties. 

SEC.  2.  Any  member  or  members  of  any  faculty  may,  at  any  time, 
communicate  with  the  Board  of  Regents  on  matters  pertaining  to 
the  interest  of  the  University. 

Vote  by  Ballot. 

SEC.  3.  For  final  recommendation  of  students  to  degrees,  by  the 
different  department  faculties,  all  votes  shall  be  by  ballot,  and  in  all 
cases  of  discipline,  contemplating  suspension  or  expulsion,  the  vote 
shall  be  by  ballot. 

Duties  of  Instructors. 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  instructor  appointed  to  assist 
any  professor,  in  addition  to  his  other  duties,  to  serve  in  any  depart- 
ment in  which  his  services  may  be  required  by  such  professor,  pro- 
vided that  such  additional  services  shall  not,  with  his  ordinary  du- 
ties, exceed  siafhours  each  day. 

Presents  from  Students. 
SEC.  5.  Presents  to  the  officers  of  the  University,  from  the  stu- 


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dents  or  any  class  of  them,  are  prohibited,  and  officers  are  required 
to  decline  their  acceptance  if  tendered. 

Conferring  Degrees. 

SEC.  6.  All  degrees  in  this  institution  shall  be  conferred  by  the 
Board  of  Regents,  on  the  recommendation  of  the  proper  faculty. 

Payment  of  Dues  Demanded. 

SEC.  7.  The  name  of  no  person  shall  be  presented  by  any  faculty 
to  the  Board  of  Regents,  for  a  degree,  till  he  has  exhibited  to  the 
faculty  the  receipt  of  the  Treasurer  for  the  payment  of  all  his  dues, 
including  the  fee  for  the  diploma. 

Candidates  for  the  First  Degree. 

SEC.  8.  Prior  to.  the  commencement,  the  faculty  of  the  proper  de- 
partment shall  report  to  the  Board  of  Regents,  the  names  in  full 
and  the  places  of  residence,  of  all  students  whom  they  shall  recom- 
mend to  the  first  degree.  Whereupon  the  Board  shall,  in  their  dis- ' 
cretion,  pass  a  resolution  to  confer  the  same,  inserting  in  full  on 
their  minutes  the  report  of  the  faculty. 

Candidate*  for  tlif  Second  Degree. 

SEC.  9  The  proper  faculty  shall  also  report  tLe  names  and  resi- 
dence of  those  Alumni  of  the  University  whom  they  shall  recom- 
mend for  a  second  degree,  in  relation  to  whom  a  similar  resolution 
may  be  adopted  by  the  Board. 

Balloting  upon  Candidates  for  First  D- 

SEC.  10.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  faculty  in  anj  department 
to  vote  more  than  once  upon  a  candidate  for  a  degree,  on  the  final 
ballot  after  examination ;  but  a  student  who  bus  failed  to  receive  the 
requisite  number  of  ballots  shall  have  the  privilege  of  a  second  ex- 
amination in  the  presence  of  the  entire  faculty  of  the  proper  depart- 
ment, and  after  this  examination  a  single  ballot  shall  be  final,  unless 
reconsidered  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  all  the  members  of  the  faculty. 

Moral  Character. 

SEC.  11.  No  candidate  for  a  second  degree  shall  receive  that  hon- 
or unless  he  has  maintained  a  good  moral  character,  and  previous  to 
the  commencement,  has  signified  his  desire  for  the  same  to  the  fac- 
ulty. 

SEC.  12.  The  academic  faculty  may  recommend  conferring  of  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts  and  Master  of  Science  upon  those  who  have 
received  respectively  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  and  Bachelor  of 
Science,  according  to  the  following  conditions  : 


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L  The  candidate  must  be  a  graduate,  of  at  least  one  years' 
standing,  of  this  or  some  other  collegiate  institution  empowered  to 
confer  degrees. 

2.  He  must  have  pursued  at  least  two  courses  of  University  in- 
struction in  one  year. 

3.  He  must  sustain  an  examination  before  the  faculty  in  at  least 
three  of  the  studies  so  attended. 

4.  He  must  present  a  thesis  to  the  faculty  on  one  of  the  sub- 
jects chosen  for  examination. 

Graduates  of  this  institution  of  three  years'  standing,  may  be  re- 
commended for  the  Master's  degree,  who  shall  have  been  engaged 
during  that  period  in  professional,  literary,  or  scientific  studies. 

Secretary  to  Procure  Diplomat. 

SEC.  13.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  to 
procure  a  sufficient  number  of  diplomas,  and  having  caused  the  name 
of  each  graduate  to  be  inserted,  procure  the  signatures  of  such  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  as  are  present,  and  also  of  the  faculty,  and  having 
himself  recorded  the  order  of  the  Board  for  the  issuing  of  the  same, 
affix  to  each  the  seal  of  the  corporation. 

Candidates  must  le  Present. 

SEC.  14.  All  candidates  for  degrees  shall  be  personally  present, 
unless  the  Board  of  Regents,  on  recommendation  of  the  faculty, 
shall  judge  it  proper  to  confer  the  honor  of  a  degree  in  the  absence 
of  the  candidate  ;  and  the  candidates  shall  attend  such  public  duties 
on  commencement  day  as  the  faculty  may  direct,  and  perform  such 
public  exercises  as  may  have  been  previously  assigned  them. 

Price  of  Diploma. 

SEC.  15.  The  price  of  a  diploma  shall  be  three  dollars  m  all  cases, 
to  be  paid  to  the  Treasurer  by  the  person  receiving  the  degrees. 

Delivered  to  the  President. 

SEC.  16.  The  Secretary  of  the  Board  shall  deliver  to  the  Presi- 
dent the  diplomas,  duly  prepared  and  signed,  previously  to  his  con- 
ferring the  degree. 

Conferring  the  Degree. 

SEC.  17.  The  President  shall  thereupon  announce  to  the  assembly 
that,  as  the  organ  of  the  Board  of  Regents  of  the  University  of 
Michigan,  and  by  their  authority  he  proceeds  to  deliver  to  the  grad- 
uating class,  or  other  candidates  for  degrees,  their  diplomas,  aud  to 
admit  them  to  the  proper  degree,  as  the  case  may  be. 

SEC.  18.  All  degrees  shall  be  conferred  by  the  President,  on  the 
the  authority  of  the  Board  of  Regents,  granted  iu  pursuance  of  a 
recommendation  of  the  proper  faculty. 


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CHAPTER  VI. 

RULES  RELATING  TO  THE  STUDENTS. 

Admission  to  tlie  University. 

SEC.  1.  Each  candidate  for  admission  to  any  department,  after 
having  complied  with  the  terms  of  admission  to  that  department, 
shall  procure  from  the  Treasurer  a  receipt  for  the  required  dues, 
which  shall  then  be  presented  to  the  Secretary  of  the  department, 
who  shall  thereupon  present  to  him  a  certificate  of  admission,  togeth- 
er with  a*  copy  of  the  rules  and  by-laws  of  the  University.  The  stu- 
dent thus  admitted  shall  then  record  hi?  name,  age  and  place  of  resi- 
dence in  the  matriculation  book,  kept  by  the  Secretary  of  the  de- 
partment he  proposes  to  enter.  No  student  shall  be  admitted  to  the 
classes  of  any  professor,  except  on  producing  to  the  professor  evi- 
dence of  a  full  compliance  with  this  rule. 

Matriculation  Fee  and  Annual  Expenses. 

SKC.  2.  Every  student,  before  entering  any  department  of  the 
University,  shall  pay  to  the  Treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  as  a 
matriculation  fee.  Each  student  shall  also  pay  to  the  Treasurer, 
annually,  five  dollars,  to  be  dwvoted  to  the  payment  of  incidental  ex- 
penses. Resident  graduates  are  required  to  pay  the  same  annual 
dues  as  under-graduates,  and  no  student  or  graduate  shall  be  allowed 
to  enjoy  the  privileges  of  the  University,  except  on  presentation  to 
the  President  of  the  Treasurer's  receipt  for  all  fees  and  dues  specified 
in  this  or  any  other  rule  or  regulation  of  the  Board. 

Payments,  when  Made. 

SEC.  3.  Every  etudent  shall,  upon  the  first  day  of  each  term,  or 
before  the  firs't  regular  meeting  of  the  faculty,  pay  to  the  Treasurer 
all  charges  against  him  ;  or,  failing  to  do  so,  he  t-hall  be  debarred 
the  privileges  of  the  University  until  the  dues  are  paid. 

Students  may  Enter  Other  Departments. 

SEC.  4.  Students  in  any  department  of  the  University  may  enter 
the  classes  in  any  other,  upon  obtaining  permission  from  the  faculties 
of  the  respective  departments 

Of  Dismission. 

SKC.  5.  Students  not  minors  may  have  at  any  time  a  dismission 
on  their  own  request,  and  minors,  on  the  request  of  their  parents  or 
guardians;  provided,  in  either  case  there  is  no  reason  connected 
with  the  government  of  the  University  for  refusing  it. 

Duties  of  Students. 
SEC.  6.  All  students  are  required  to  observe  the  general  rules  of 


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*he  University,  and  the  by-laws  of  the  respective  departments  to 
•which  they  belong. 

Students  must  Attend  a  Call. 

SEC.  7.  Any  student,  when  sent  for  by  the  President  or  any  Pro- 
fessor of  the  faculty  under  which  he  is  placed,  shall  attend  to  the 
call  without  delay,  and  students  must  at  all  times  obey  the  direction 
of  the  President  or  any  of  the  Professors  of  the  department  to  which 
they  belong,  pertaining  to  good  order  in  the  University. 

Ecil  Practices  Forbidden. 

SEC.  8.  No  student  shall  be  allowed  to  frequent  gaming  houses, 
play  at  cards,  or  practice  any  species  of  gambling,  or  attend  gaming 
or  drinking  saloons,  or  be  guilty  of  profaneness,  or  any  act  of  vio- 
lence, or  keep  the  company  of  persons  of  ill  repute,  or  be  guilty  of 
any  other  vice ;  and  the  use  of  intoxicating  drinks  is  prohibited. 

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Suspension. 

SEC.  8.  A  student  may  be  suspended,  dismissed,  or  expelled,  for 
continuously  resisting  the  authority  of  the  President  and  Professors, 
or  any  of  them,  or  for  willful  violation  of  the  rules. 

Dismission  for  Want  of  Improvement. 

SEC.  9.  Whenever  any  faculty  are  satisfied  that  a  student  is  not 
fulfilling,  or  likely  to  fulfill,  the  purposes  of  his  residence  at  the  Uni- 
versity, or  is  for  any  cause  an.  unfit  member  thereof,  the  President 
shall  notify  his  pareots  or  guardians,  that  they  may  have  an  oppor- 
tunity to  withdraw  him,  and  if  not  withdrawn  within  a  reasonable 
time,  he  shall  be  dismissed. 

Students  not  to  Interfere  with  the  Government. 

;SEC.  10.  The  presenting  of  petitions  or  other  papers  to  the  Board 
of  Regents,  in  regard  to  the  government  of  the  University,  or  to  the 
appointment  and  dismissal  of  professors  or  officers,  and  the  holding 
of  meetings  to  criticise  the  government  of  the  University,  are  re- 
garded as  disorderly ;  and  any  student  who  engages  in  such  practices 
may  be  dismissed  from  the  University  by  the  faculty  of  the  depart- 
ment to  which  he  belongs. 

What  Lecturers  Invited. 

SEC.  11.  No  literary  society  in  the  University  shall  invite  any 
lecturer  to  address  them  in  public,  until  the  name  of  the  proposed 
lecturer  shall  have  been  laid  before  the  President,  and  the  President 
has  given  them  permission  to  extend  the  invitation. 

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CHAPTER  VII. 

BULBS  RELATINU  TO  THE  LIBRARY. 

When  Open. 

SEC.  1.  The  library  shall  be  open  for  general  library  purposes, 
from  six  to  ten  hours  each  day,  aa  the  library  committee  may  deter- 
mine, except  Sundays. 

Faculty  may  Draw  Books. 

SEC.  2.  Members  of  the  faculties  alone  may  take  out  books,  peri- 
odicals, etc.,  under  the  restrictions  contained  in  the  two  following 
sections : 

Books  of  Reference. 

SEC.  3.  No  works  of  reference,  such  as  Almanacs,  Amituih,  Atlas- 
es, Bibliographical  Works,  Catalogues,  Dictionaries,  Encyclopiditit.^ 
Gazetteers,  Hand  Books,  Indexes,  Lexicons,  Registers,  or  the  last  num- 
ber of  any  Periodical  received,  shall  be  taken  out  save  by  vote  of  those 
members  of  the  faculties  belonging  to  the  Library  Committee.  The 
professors  shall  see  that  when  they  draw  books  they  are  charged  with 
them,  and  when  they  return  them,  that  they  are  credited  for  the  same. 

Time  Books  may  be  Kept. 

SEC.  4.  No  work,  except  a  text-book  or  work  constantly  used  in 
the  lecture  room,  shall  be  retained  longer  than  three  months ;  nor 
can  it  be  renewed  if  any  member  of  either  faculty  has  registered  his 
name  for  it  in  the  mean  time. 

Books  not  to  be  Loaned. 

SEC.  5.  Xo  work  shall  be  transferred  or  loaned  by  members  of  the 
faculties  to  each  other,  or  to  other  persons,  to  be  taken  away  from 
their  residences. 

Admitted  Within  the  Bar. 

SEC.  6.  No  one  shall  be  admitted  within  the  bar,  except  members 
of  the  faculties,  and  such  visitors  as  they  may  introduce;  and  no 
visitor  shall  remove  a  book  from  its  place. 

How  a  Student  may  Obtain  a  Book. 

SEC.  7.  When  any  student  or  visitor  desires  to  consult  any  work, 
its  title,  with  the  name  of  the  applicant,  is  to  be  written  on  a  card, 
which  is  then  to  be  handed  to  the  Librarian. 


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£ooh  to  be  Returned. 

SEC.  8.  On  leaving  the  library,  the  works  must  be  returned,  and 
the  cards  taken  back,  otherwise  those  who  draw  the  books  will  be 
held  responsible. 

Books  not  to  le  Injured. 

SEC.  9.  All  persons  are  particularly  enjoined  not  to  mark,  soil, 
tear,  or  turn  down  the  leaves,  or  otherwise  injure  the  books. 

Pen  and  Ink  not  to  be  Used. 

SEC.  10.  In  taking  notes  from  books,  pencils — not  pen  and  ink — 
are  to  be  used. 

Damages  Paid. 

SEC.  11.  All  damages  done  to  books  shall  be  estimated  by  the 
Librarian,  and  paid  before  any  further  use  of  the  library.  If  a  vol- 
ume is  lost  or  destroyed,  the  borrower  shall  replace  it ;  but  if  it  be- 
long to  a  set,  he  shall  furnish  one  or  more  volumes,  as  the  case  may 
be,  corresponding  with  the  set,  or  he  shall  furnish  a  new  set  and  re- 
tain the  old. 

Disorder  Forbidden. 

SEC.  12.  All  persons  while  in  the  library  are  to  refrain  from  loud 
conversation  and  laughter,  and  from  all  other  improprieties. 

Penalty. 

SEC.  13.  Any  neglect  or  violation  of  the  rules  by  students  or  vis- 
itors shall  be  punished  by  fine  or  exclusion  from  the  library. 

Dutij  of  Librarian. 

SEC.  14.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Librarian  to  see  that  all  the 
above  rules  are  strictly  enforced. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

RELATING  TO  TUB  CHEMICAL  LABORATORY. 

Time  for  which  Admitted. 

SEC.  1.  No  student  shall  be  admitted  to  the  use  of  the  laboratory 
for  a  less  period  of  time  than  three  months,  nor  without  having  pass- 
a  satisfactory  examination  in  the  elements  of  chemistry. 


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of  Attendance. 

SEC.  2.  Each  student  shall  be  required  to  attend  regularly  at  such 
hours  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  professor  of  chemistry. 

Entrance  Fee. 

SEC.  3.  Each  student,  on  entrance,  shall  deposit  the  sum  of  ten 
dollars  with  the  person  in  charge  of  the  laboratory,  which  sum  shall 
be  placed  to  his  credit  in  account  for  chemicals  and  apparatus ;  and 
thereafter,  whenever  he  shall  be  notified  that  this  sum  has  been  ex- 
pended, he  shall  again  deposit  a  like  amount.  At  the  end  of  the  col- 
lege year,  or  on  his  leaving  the  laboratory,  his  account  shall  be  bal- 
anced. 

Cliemicals  Fv-rnislicd. 

SEC.  4.  Each  student  shall  be  furnished  with  apparatus  and  chemi- 
cals at  their  cost  price,  or  according  to  the  price-list  of  a  New  York 
dealer,  and  only  such  chemicals  as  shall  be  actually  used  shall  be 
charged,  and  the  amount  thus  received  by  the  Professor  of  Chemis- 
try shall  constitute  a  fund  in  his  hands  for  the  purchase  of  appara- 
tus and  chemicals  for  laboratory  use,  which  amount  shall  be  prop- 
erly accounted  for  at  the  close  oif  the  year. 

Place  of  each  Student. 

SEC.  5.  Each  student  shall  be  required  to  confine  himself  to  the 
table  assigned  to  him,  and  shall  poi  be  allowed  to  interfere  with  the 
work,  chemicals  or  apparatus,  of  any  other  table. 

Conversation. 

SEC.  6.  No  conversation  except  upon  chemical  topics  shall  be  per- 
mitted in  the  laboratory,  and  this  conversation  shall  be  conducted  iu 
an  under  tone  of  the  voice. 

Care  of  Wash  Hasins. 

SEC.  7.  The  throwing  of  filters  or  other  coarse  material  into  the 
wash  basins  shall  be  prohibited.  A  violation  of  thi*  rule  will  sub- 
ject the  person  to  the  penalty  of  expulsion  from  the  laboratory  and 
the  payment  of  all  expenses  attending  the  cleaning  of  the  pipes. 

Neatness  and  Order. 

SEC.  8.  Neatness  and  order  will  be  rigidly  enforced,  and  none  can 
be  allowed  to  remain  in  the  laboratory  who  deface  or  injure  the 
building,  furniture  or  fixtures. 


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Forfeiture  of  Moneys. 

SEC.  9.  Any  student  leaving  the  laboratory  before  the  three 
months  of  prescribed  study  shall  have  expired,  shall  forfeit  all  mo- 
neys to  his  credit. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

THE  ORDER  OP  COMMENCEMENTS,  TERMS  AND  VACATIONS. 

Terms  and  Vacations. 

SEC.  1.  The  fiscal  year  of  the  University  shall  commence  on  the 
first  day  of  July  and  close  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  June  in  each  year. 

The  department  of  Science,  Literature  and  the  Arts  shall  begin 
its  year  on  the  third  Wednesday  in  September,  and  shall  close  its 
year  on  the  day  of  the  general  commencement  in  the  last  week  of 
June.  There  shall  also  be  a  vacation  of  two  weeks,  including  Christ- 
mas and  New  Year ;  and  a  vacation  of  one  week,  including  the  day 
of  the  commencement  of  the  departments  of  Medicine  and  Law, 
which  vacations  shall  be  designated  by  the  Academic  Faculty  and 
published  in  the  annual  catalogue.  The  first  term  shall  close  on  the 
second-  Friday  of  February,  and  the  second  term  shall  begin  on  the 
first  Monday  thereafter. 

The  departments  of  Law  and  Medicine  shall  begin  their  term  on 
the  first  day  of  October,  and  shall  close  in  the  last  week  in  March. 

Commencements. 

.SEC.  2.  The  commencement  of  the  Medical  and  Law  departments 
shall  take  place  in  the  last  week  ia  March,  and  the  general  com- 
mencement of  the  University  shall  take  place  in  the  last  week  of 
June  in  each  yetrr. 

How  Condusted. 

SEC.  3.  The  exercises  of  the  students  and  the  order  of  proceed- 
ings at  commencements,  having  been  previously  arranged  by  the 
proper  faculty,  shall  be  conducted  in  presence  of  the  Board  of  Re- 
gents, the  faculties,  and  any  citizens  who  may  see  fit  to  attend. 

Place  of  Commencement. 

SEC.  4.  Commencement  exercises  shall  take  place  in  some  conve- 
nient hall  to  be  designated  by  the  Executive  Committee,  or  by  the 
proper  faculty. 

Religious  Exercises. 

SEC.  5.  The  public  exercises  of  the  day  shall  commence  and  close 
with  prayer,  ancl  be  conducted  agreeably  to  the  order  prescribed  by 
the  proper  faculty. 


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CHAPTER  X. 

BY-LAWS  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF    SCIENCE,  LITERATURE    AND  THE  ART8. 

The  Faculty. 

SEC.  1.  The  professors  of  this  department  shall  be  styled  the  Aca- 
demic Faculty. 

Their  Duty. 

SEC.  2.  The  immediate  government  of  the  department  shall  be 
vested  in  the  faculty,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  direct  and  instruct 
the  students  in  the  several  branches  of  learning  taught  in  the  depart- 
ment, to  encourage  them  in  the  acquisition  of  knowledge  and  the 
practice  of  virtue,  to  counsel  and  warn  the  offending,  and  faithfully 
and  impartially  to  administer  the  law  established  by  the  Regents. 

Faculty  Meeting*. 

SEC.  3.  General  meetings  may  be  held  as  the  faculty  shall  direct, 
and  the  President  or  Dean  shall  call  special  meetings  when  he  shall 
deem  it  necessary,  or  on  the  application  of  any  two  professors. 

Quorum. 

SEC.  4.  At  all  meetings  of  the  faculty  a  majority  of  the  acting 
professors  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  The  presiding  officer  shall  al- 
ways be  entitled  to  a  vote. 

Secretary. 

SEC.  5.  The  faculty  shall  annually  appoint  a  Secretary,  who  shall 
keep  a  record  of  all  their  proceedings.  He  shall  also  keep  a  book  in 
which  shall  be  regiftered  the  time  of  entrance,  name  and  residmce 
of  each  student,  with  the  name  and  residence  of  his  parent,  or  guar- 
dian, if  a  minor,  and  the  time  and  circumstances  of  his  leaving  the 
University. 

Daily  Prayers. 

SEC.  6.  There  shall  be  daily  prayers  at  such  time  as  the  Academic 
Faculty  shall  designate,  at  which  all  students  in  the  Academic  de- 
partment of  the  University  shall  attend.  The  presence  of  the  sev- 
eral professors  and  instructors  at  such  exercises  is  deemed  desirable. 

System  of  Instruction. 

SEC.  6.  The  selection  of  the  text  books  used  shall  be  made  by  the 
proper  professor,  but  shall  be  subject  to  the  revision  of  the  faculty 
and  Regents. 


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SEC.  7.  The  arrangement  of  the  studies  and  the  appointment  of 
all  the  exercises  connected  therewith,  shall  be  under  the  direction  of 
the  faculty,  subject  to  the  revision  of  the  Board  of  Regents. 

Examinations. 

SEC.  8.  There  shall  be,  each  term,  a  public  examination  of  all  the 
classes  on  the  studies  by  them  respectively  pursued  during  the  term, 
and  note  shall  be  taken  by  the  committees  on  examination  and  by 
the  several  members  of  the  faculty,  of  the  standing  of  each  student, 
as  evinced  by  the  several  examinations.  At  the  close  of  the  exami- 
nation the  faculty  shall  meet  and  determine,  by  formal  vote,  what 
students  shall  be  permitted  to  pass  on  to  the  studies  of  the  next  term, 
and  no  one  shall  so  pass  until  he  has  received  from  the  faculty  a  no- 
tification of  his  standing,  authorizing  him  to  proceed  with  his  class. 

Conducted  ly  the  Professor  or  Instructor, 

SEC.  9.  The  examination  upon  each  subject  of  study  shall  be  con- 
ducted by  the  officer  under  whose  direction  the  study  was  pursued. 

Of  Admission. 

SEC.  10.  Every  candidate  for  admission,  when  coming  from  anoth- 
er collegiate  institution,  shall  exhibit  a  certificate  of  honorable  dis* 
mission. 

Examination  of  Candidates. 

SEC.  11.  Every  candidate  tor  admission  to  the  freshman  class  shall 
pass  an  examination  satisfactory  to  the  faculty,  in  the  preparatory 
studies,  as  required  by  the  rules,  and  every  applicant  for  an  advanced 
standing  shall  be  examined,  not  only  in  the  preparatory  course,  but 
also  in  all  the  previous  studies  of  the  class  which  he  proposes  to 
enter. 

Three  Daily  Studies. 

SEC.  12.  All  students  shall  attend  at  least  three  daily  recitations 
or  lectures,  and  such  other  exercises  as  the  faculty  may  direct. 

Not  Permitted  to  have  Other  Instructors. 

SEC.  13.  No  student  shall  put  himself  under  the  instruction  of  any 
individual  not  a  member  of  the  faculty,  without  their  permission  ; 
and  if  he  commence  any  professional  study  during  the  course,  with- 
out such  permission,  he  shall  forfeit  his  degree. 

Public  Worship. 

SEC.  14.  Each  student  is  required  to  attend  divine  worship  every 
Sabbath,  under  the  direction  of  his  parent  or  guardian. 


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Deficiencies  Noted. 

SEC.  15.  Every  absence  from  a  weekly  exercise  shall  be  considered 
as  equivalent  to  two  absences  from  a  daily  exercise. 

Every  deficiency  in  a  weekly  exercise  shall  be  considered  equiva- 
lent to  one  absence  from  a  daily  exercise. 

Every  absence  from  prayers  shall  be  considered  equivalent  to  one 
absence  from  a  daily  recitation. 

Every  instance  of  tardiness  or  deficiency  at  a  daily  exercise  shall 
be  reckoned  at  one-half  as  much. as  an  absence. 

Consequences  of  Deficiencies. 

SEC.  16.  Whenever  the  unexcused  delinquencies  of  any  student 
shall  have  amounted  to  fae,  his  parent  or  guardian  shall  be  informed 
of  the  fact,  and  when  such  account  amounts  to  ten  he  shall  be  dis- 
missed by  his  own  act. 

How  Excuses  may  be  Rendered. 

SEC.  17.  All  excuses  for  delinquencies  shall  be  made  in  person,  or 
'by  writing  to  the  faculty,  at  their  regular  meeting,  and  the,  delin- 
quencies of  any  student  failing  to  do  this  shall  be  recorded  as  unex- 
cused. 

Absence  at  Beginning  of  Term. 

SEC.  18.  No  student  shall  be  excused  for  absence  at  the  commence- 
ment of  the  term  without  satisfactory  reason  rendered  in  writing  by 
his  parent  or  guardian.  '• 

SEC.  10.  No  student  shall  leave  town  during  a  term  without  ob- 
taining permission  of  the  President ;  and  no  student  shall  be  excused 
to  return  home  unless  at  the  written  request  of  his  parent  or  guard- 
ian, or  other  sufficient  reason. 

Pre-requisites  to  a  Degree. 

SEC.  20.  In  order  that  any  student  may  be  admitted  to  tlie  first 
degree,  he  shall  have  completed  the  course  of  academical  exercises 
appointed  by  law  for  the  space  of  four  years;  and  on  the  examina- 
tion to  be  held  at  the  close  of  the  studies  of  the  senior  year,  or  a 
subsequent  special  examination,  appointed  by  the  faculty,  he  shall 
have  been  approved  as  a  candidate  for  the  proposed  degree. 

Scholarships. 

SEC.  21.  Two  scholarships  of  fifty  dollars  each  shall  be  awarded 
to  the  two  students  who  shall  pass  the  most  satisfactory  examinations 
in  the  studies  preparatory  to  the  classical  department,  one  to  be 
called  the  Woolsey  scholarship,  the  other  the  Barnard  scholarship  ; 
and  two  scholarships  of  fifty  dollars  each,  shall  be  awarded  to  the 
two  students  passing  the  most  satisfactory  examination  in  the  studies 


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preparatory  to  the  scientific  department,  one  to  be  called  the  Hough- 
ton  scholarship,  the  other  the  Pierce  scholarship. 

When  the  Scholarships  shall  le  Paid. 

SEC.  22.  One-half  the  sum  of  the  award  of  every  scholarship  shall 
be  paid  at  the  close  of  the  first  term,  the  other  half  at  the  close  of 
the  second  term ;  provided  the  successful  candidate  shall  have  been 
in  constant  attendance  upon  his  college  duties  for  the  term  preced- 
ing the  time  it  becomes  due. 


CHAPTER  XI. 

BY-LAWS  OF  THE  MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

The  Faculty. 

SEC.  1.  This  department  of  the  University  shall  be  styled  the 
Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Michigan. 

SEC.  2.  The  professors  now  or  hereafter  to  be  appointed  shall  con- 
stitute the  faculty  of  this  department,  and  shall  be  styled  the  Medi- 
cal Faculty. 

SEC.  3.  The  immediate  government  of  this  department  shall  be 
vested  in  the  faculty,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  instruct  the  students 
in  the  several  branches  of  learning  taught  in  the  department. 

SEC.  4.  General  meetings  may  be  held  as  the  faculty  shall  direct, 
and  the  Dean  may  call  special  meetings  when  he  shall  deem  it  neces- 
sary, or  upon  application  of  any  two  professors. 

SEC.  5.  At  all  meetings  of  the  faculty  a  majority  of  all  its  mem- 
bers shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business,  and 
the  presiding"  officer  shall  always  be  entitled  to  a  vote, 

SEC.  6.  The  faculty  shall  present,  at  the  annual  meetings  of  the 
Regents,  a  report  of  such  matters  touching  the  interests  of  the  de- 
.partment  as  in  their  view  may  call  for  the  action  of  the  Board. 

SEC.  7.  The  faculty  shall  annually  appoint  one  of  their  number  Sec- 
retary, who  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  their  proceedings,  and  submit 
the  same  to  the  Regents  at  the  annual  meeting  for  their  inspection; 
and  the  Secretary  shall  keep  a  book  in  which  shall  be  registered  the 
time  of  entrance,  name  and  age  of  each  student,  with  his  place  of 

residence. 

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Terms  and  System  of  Instruction. 

SEC.  8.  The  course  of  study  in  this  department  shall  commence  on 
the  first  day  of  October,  and  continue  until  the  Medical  commence- 
ment. 

SEC.  9.  There  shall  be  four  lectures  daily,  (Saturdays  and  Sun- 
days excepted,)  and  such  lectures  or  exercises  on  Saturdays  as  shall 
be  prescribed  by  the  Medical  Faculty. 


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SEC.  10.  Each  professor  shall  daily  examine  the  class  upon  the 
subject  of  the  lecture  of  the  preceding  day. 

SEC.  11.  All  text-books  shall  be  selected  by  the  faculty,  subject 
to  revision  by  the  Board  of  Regents. 

Of  Admission. 

SEC.  1:2.  Every  candidate  for  admission  shall  exhibit  to  the  fac- 
ulty satisfactory  evidence  of  a  good  moral  and  intellectual  character, 
a  good  English  education,  including  a  proper  knowledge  of  the  Eng- 
lish language,  and  a  respectable  acquaintance  with  its  literature,  and 
with  the  art  of  composition  ;  a  fair  knowledge  of  Natural  Sciences, 
and  at  least  of  the  more  elementary  mathematics,  including  the  chief 
elements  of  Algebra  and  Geometry,  and  such  a  knowledge  of  the 
LatinJanguage  as  will  enable  him  to  read  current  prescriptions,  and 
appreciate  the  technical  language  of  the  natural  sciences  and  Medi- 
cine. 

SKC.  13.  Students  in  practical  anatomy  shall  pay  to  the  demon- 
strator in  charge,  such  an  amount  as  the  faculty  in  their  discretion 
may  prescribe;  and  the  money  thus  received  shall  constitute  a  fund 
in  the  hands  of  the  professors  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  depart- 
ment, to  be  properly  accounted  for  at  the  close  of  the  year. 

Candidates  for  Graduation. 

SEC.  14.  Candidates  for  graduation  must  BO  announce  themselves 
at  the  commencement  of  their  second  course,  and  be  examined  in  an- 
atomy, physiology,  materia  medica,  and  chemistry.  They  are  also 
required,  during  the  course,  to  pass  written  examinations  before 
each  profesor,  on  some  subject  pertaining  to  his  department,  to  test 
their  knowledge  of  such  subjects,  and  their  ability  to  write  correctly. 
The  final  thesis  may  be  written  either  in  English,  German,  French, 
or  Latin;  and  if  required  must  be  defended  before  the  faculty. 

SEC.  15.  To  encourage  a  higher  grade  of  preliminary  acquirement. 
a  deduction  of  six  months  from  the  term  of  study  is  made  in  favor  ot 
graduates  of  the  academic  department  and  of  other  respectable  lite- 
rary colleges. 

SEC.  16.  To  be  recommended  to  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine, 
the  student  must  exhibit  evidence  of  having  pursued  the  study  of 
medicine  and  surgery  for  the  term  of  three  years  with  some  respec- 
table practitioner  of  medicine,  (including  lecture  terms) ;  must  have 
attended  two  full  courses  of  lectures,  the  last  of  which  must  have 
been  in  the  Medical  department  of  the  University  of  Michigan,  and 
the  previous  one  in  this  or  some  other  respectable  medical  institu- 
tion;  must  have  been  engaged  in  the  study  of  practical  anatomy; 
must  be  twenty-one  years  of  age  ;  must  have  submitted  to  the  faculty 
a  thesis  composed  and  written  by  himself  on  some  medical  topic,  and 
have  passed  an  examination  at  the  close  of  the  term  satisfactory  to 
the  faculty. 


CHAPTER  XII. 

BY-LAWS  OF  THE  LAW  DEPARTMENT. 

The  Faculty. 

SEC.  1.  There  shall  be  at  least  three  professors  in  this  department, 
to  be  denominated  the  Law  Faculty,  to  whom  shall  be  assigned  the 
several  branches  of  law,  including  Constitutional,  International,  Mari- 
time, Civil,  Commercial  and  Criminal  Law,  Medical  Jurisprudence, 
and  the  Jurisprudence  of  the  United  States,  as  shall  be  determined 
by  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Regents. 

SEC.  2.  The  immediate  government  of  this  department  shall  be 
vested  in  the  Law  Faculty,  who  shall  advise,  direct  and  instruct  the 
students  in  the  several  branches  of  learning  taught  in  this  department. 

SEC.  3.  General  meetings  may  be  held  as  the  faculty  shall  direct, 
and  the  Dean  may  call  special  meetings  when  he  shall  deem  it  neces- 
sary, or  on  the  application  of  any  two  professors. 

SEC.  4.  A  majority  of  all  the  members  of  the  faculty  shall  consti- 
tute a  quorum,  and  the  presiding  officer  shall  always  be  entitled  to  a 
vote. 

SEC.  5.  The  faculty  shall  annually  appoint  one  of  their  number 
Secretary,  who  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  their  proceedings,  and  sub- 
mit the  same  to  the  Regents  at  the  annual  meeting.  He  shall  also 
keep  a  book  in  which  shall  be  registered  the  name,  age,  and  place  of 
residence  of  each  student,  with  the  time  he  entered,  and  the  time  he 
leaves  the  Law  department. 

SEC.  6.  The  faculty  shall  present  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Regents  in  each  year,  a  report  upon  the  past  operations,  present  con- 
dition, and  future  prospects  of  the  department,  with  such  recomnfen- 
dations  as  they  may  think  proper  to  make  for  its  improvement. 

Of  Admission. 

SEC.  7.  No  student  shall  be  admitted  to  this  department  who  has 
not  attained  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  nor  until  he  shall  have  pre- 
sented to  the  faculty  satisfactory  evidence  of  good  moral  character. 

Terms  and  Sours  of  Instruction. 

SEC.  8.  There  shall  be  one  law  term  each  year,  commencing  on  the 
first  day  of  October,  and  continuing  until  the  Law  commencement. 

SEC.  9.  A  system  of  lectures,  study,  practice  and  examinations, 
shall  be  pursued  in  the  Law  department,  and  shall  extend  through 
a  period  of  two  years. 

SEC.  10.  There  shall  be  at  least  ten  lectures  and  examinations  each 
tions  each  week  during  the  entire  course. 

SEC  11.  The  law  faculty  shall  devise  and  recommend  a  course  of 
study  and  exercise  in  detail,  to  be  pursued  by  students  during  the 
entire  course,  and  submit  the  same  to  the  Board  of  Regents.  And 


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they  shall  also  submit  such  -modifications  of  the  same,  from  time  tc 
time,  as  they  may  deem  expedient.  The  course  shall  be  so  arranged, 
as  far  as  may  be,  that  students  may  begin  with  any  term. 

SEC.  12.  Moot  courts  shall  be  organized,  and  such  other  measures 
adopted  by  the  Law  Faculty  as  may  most  effectually  promote  the 
practical  knowledge  and  application  of  the  principles  taught. 

SEC.  13.  The  text  books  to  be  used  may  be  selected  by  the  fac- 
ulty, subject  to  the  control  of  the  llegents,  from  the  whole  range  of 
a  full  law  library. 

Degrees. 

SEC.  14.  The  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws  may  be  conferred  upon 
those  who  shall  pursue  the  full  course  of  two  years,  pass  an  approved 
examination,  and  be  recommended  by  the  faculty. 

SEC.  15.  That  degree  may  also  be  conferred  upon  those  who  shall 
have  attended  other  law  schools  for  a  period  equal  to*  one  year  of  our 
course,  or  shall  have  practiced  law  one  year  under  a  license  from  the 
highest  court  of  general  jurisdiction  in  any  State,  and  shall  have 
pursued  one  year's  course  in  the  Law  department  of  this  University, 
shall  pass  an  approved  examination  and  be  recommended  by  the  fac- 
ulty. 

SEC.  16.  Candidates  for  graduation  must  announce  themselves  as 
such,  in  writing,  to  the  Dean  of  the  faculty,  at  least  three  month? 
before  the  commencement  at  which  they  wish  to  graduate. 

SEC.  17.  Each  candidate  for  graduation  must  be  twenty-one  year? 
of  age,  and  must  sustain  a  good  moral  character.  He  must  also 
have  written  and  deposited  with  the  faculty,  at  least  one  month  be- 
fore graduation,  a  dissertation  on  some  legal  subject,  of  not  less  than 
forty  folios  in  length. 


CHAPTER  XIII. 

iY-LAW8  OF  TIIK  UXIVKKSITV  BKXATE. 

SEC.  1.  The  professors  of  all  the  faculties  shall  constitute  a  Uni- 
versity Senate. 

SEC.  2.  The  President  of  the  University  shall  be  President  of  the 
Senate,  and  in  his  absence  a  temporary  President  shall  be  chosen. 

SKC.  3.  There  shall  be  a  Secretary  of  the  Senate,  chosen  by  ballot, 
at  the  meeting  held  on  the  second  Monday  in  October,  and  a  majori- 
ty of  the  votes  of  those  present  shall  elect. 

SEC.  4.  A  majority  of  all  the  members  of  the  Senate  shall  consti- 
tute a  quorum,  provided  no  action  of  the  Senate  shall  bind  a  faculty, 
unless  one  of  its  members  be  present. 

SKC.  5.  The  regular  meetings  of  the  University  Senate  shall  be 
held  on  the  second  Mondays  in  October  and  March.  Special  meet- 
ings shall  be  called  by  the  Secretary,  at  the  written  request  of  th« 


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President,  or  of  any  three  members,  one  of  whom  shall  be  from  each 
,of  the  departments  of  the  University. 

SEC.  6.  The  Senate  may  consult  and  advise  upon  any  subject  that 
pertains  to  the  interests  of  the  University,  or  to  the  cultivation  of 
science  and  literature ;  and  may  communicate  to  the  Board  of  Re- 
gents in  writing,  its  views  upon  questions  relating  to  the  interests  of 
the  University,  or  to  any  department  thereof,  or  to  the  interests  of 
education,  science  and  literature. 

SEC.  7.  The  Senate  may  provide  for  the  delivery  of  lectures,  or 
the  reading  of  papers,  on  scientific  or  literary  subjects,  before  its  own 
body,  and  others  whom  it  may  invite,  by  its  own  members  or  any 
person  whom  it  shall  appoint. 

SEC.  8.  The  Senate  shall  keep  a  full  record  of  its  proceedings 
V7hich  shall  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the  Board  of  Regents  and 
any  member  thereof  at  all  times. 

SEC.  9.  None  but  the  incumbents  of  professorships  shall  be  entitl- 
ed to  sit  or  vote  in  the  University  Senate,  except  when  a  department 
shall  not  be  represented  by  a  professor,  in  which  case  the  assistant 
professor,  if  there  be  one  iu  that  department,  may  for  the  time  being 
sit  and  vote  as  though  he  were  the  incumbent  of  a  professorship. 

SEC.  10.  On  all  votes  two  members  shall  be  entitled  to  demand 
the  yeas  and  nays,  and  the  call  of  the  names  shall  be  made  in  the 
order  in  which  they  appear  in  the  catalogue. 

SEC.  11.  The  order  of  business  at  the  regular  meetings  shall  be  as 
follows  : 

1.  Reading  of  the  minutes  of  the  last  meeting. 

2.  Reports  of  committees. 

3.  Presentation  of  communications  and  consideration  thereof. 

4.  Resolutions  and  miscellaneous  business. 

SEC.  12.  Special  meetings  shall  be  called  by  written  notice,  deliv- 
ered personally,  or  left  at  the  residence  or  room  of  the  professors  re- 
siding in  Ann  Arbor ;  and  delivered  personally,  or  sent  by  mail,  to 
those  residing  elsewhere.  The  notice  shall  be  given  at  least  two 
days  prior  to  the  time  appointed  for  the  meeting,  unless  for  especial 
cause  the  President,  or  in  -his  absence,  the  Deans  of  two  of  the  facul- 
ties shall  direct  a  shorter  notice.  Notices  of  the  regular  meetings 
shall  be  given  by  the  Secretary,  on  or  before  the  morning  of  the  day 
,of  meeting. 


INDEX 


PAGZ. 

Absenee  Unexcused,     -  "24 

Academic  Faculty,            -               -  -               -                        22 

Admission,  Fees  for,  -                                 G 

Admission,  Rules  for,        -                -  -               -      1C,  23,  25, 27 

Anatomy,  Special  Fee  for,        ...  2G 

Apparatus  not  to  be  Loaned,  -               -        13 

Bachelor  of  Laws,     -  -                                 28 

Ballot,  Vote  by,               -               -  -               -               -13 

Ballot,  A  second  allowed  -                                                J4 

Branches  required  by  Legislature,      -  6 

Buildings  Erected,  -                 <> 

Chemical  Laboratory,  Rules  relating  thereto,  -        19 

Claims,        -  12 

Commencements,  -        - 1 

Committees,  Standing  and  how  appointed,  10 

Congress,  Act  of,  3 

Constitution  of  the  State,        -  4 

Course  of  Study,  how  changed,          -  -                               -         12 

Course,  Scientific  required  5 

Damages  to  Buildings,  how  assessed,  -                -                -        11 

Deans  of  the  Faculties,  13 

Debts,  how  contracted,        -  1 2 

Degrees,  -                -                -                14 

Delinquencies  numbered      -             -  '24 

Discipline,          -          -                -  -                -                                 24 

Dismission  honorable,         -  -                                          1<> 

Dismission  for  cause,  -                                                  17 

Dismission  by  Student's  own  act,       -  -                -                -        24 

Doctor  of  Medicine,            -  -                20 

Evil  Practices  forbidden,        -  ]7 

Examinations  in  Academical  Department,  23 

Examinations  in  Medical  Department,  -                                 -        2('> 

Kxaminutions  in  Law  Department,  -                                                   28 

Expenses  of  Regents  and  Visitors,      -  7 

Faculties,  Rules  relating  to  the,  -                                                13 

Faculty  Meetings,  -               -          22, 25, 27 

Finances,        -  -                                                  12 

Fund  of  University,  4 

Grounds,  how  improved,  0 

Homoeopathy,  ProfessJV  of  ordered  by  Legislature,  -        5 


Instructors,  Dutres  of, 

Instructors,  None  but  members  of  the  Faculty  to  be  employed, 

Laboratory,  Rules  relating  to  the, 

Land,  Lot  in  Detroit, 

Law  Department,  Rnles  of, 

Lecturers,  what  to  be  employed, 

Librarian  and  his  Duties,         -  -  «•  1 

Library  Committee,  - 

Library,  Rules  relating  to,  ] 

Matriculation,  -  *  -  -       . 

Medical  Department,  Rules  of, 

Meteorological  Tables,         -  *• 

Observatory,  Committee  on,     -  - 

Officers  of  Regents, 

Order  of  Business,  *• 

Parliamentary  Rules, 

Payments,  when  made  by  Students, 

Prayers,  daily  required, 

Presents  from  Students  forbidden,     - 

President  confers  Degrees, 

President,  Constitutional  Provisions  concerning, 

President,  Duties  of, 

Professors  may  communicate  with  Regents, 

Regents,  how  elected,        - 

Regents,  Rights  of, 

Regents,  Rules  relating  to,  *•         ,  '    - 

Report,  Annual  required  of  President, 

Report,  Regents', 

Salaries,  -    .  -  -  - 

Scholarships,  -  - 

Science,  Literature  and  the  Arts,  Rules  relating  to  Department  of, 

Secretary  of  Regents,  Bond  of, 

Secretary,  General  Duties  of, 

Secretary  must  procure  Diplomas, 

Senate,  Rules  relating  to  the, 

Steward,  Bond  and  Duties  of, 

Students,  Rules  relating  to, 

Studies,  three  daily  required, 

Suspension,        -  - 

Terms,  21, 2 

Text  Books,    -  -          2 

Treasurer,  -  - 

Treasurer,  Bond  and  Duties  of 

Treasurer,  Orders  on  and  how  signed, 

Treasurer  must  give  receipts  to  Students  on  admission, 

University,  Departments  required  in,  «• 

University,  Legislative  Provisions  concerning, 

Vacations,  -  . 

Visitors,  Board  of        -  *  *. 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  FACULTIES, 

AND 

OTHER  OFFICERS. 


REV.  ERASTUS  0.  HAVEN,  D.  D.,  LL.  D. 

REV.  GEORGE  P.  WILLIAMS,  LL.  D. 

ABRAM  SAGER,  M.  A.,  M.  D. 

SILAS  H.  DOUGLASS,  M.  A.,  M.  D. 

MOSES  GUNN,  M.  A.,  M.  D. 

ZINA  PITCHER,  M.  D. 

JAMES  R.  BOISE,  M.  A. 

ALONZO  B.  PALMER,  M.  A.,  M.  D. 

ALEXANDER  WINCHELL,  M.  A. 

CORYDON  L.  FORD;  M.  A.,  M.  D, 

IIKNRY.  S.  FRIEZE,  M.  A. 

DATUS  C.  BROOKS,  M.  A. 

ANDREW  D.  WHITE.  M.  A. 

HON.  JAMES  V.  CAMPBELL, 

HON.  CHARLES  I.  WALKER, 

HON.  THOMAS  M.  COOLEY, 

DKYOLSON  WOOD,  M.  A. 
JAMES  C.  WATSON,  M.  A. 
SAMUEL  G.  ARMOR,  M.  D. 

EDWARD  P.  EYANS,  PH.  D. 
KKV.  LUCIUS  D.  CHAPIN,  M.  A. 
EDWARD  OLNEY,  M.  A. 
WILLIAM  LEWITT,  M.  D. 
ADAM  K.  SPENCE,  M.  A. 
CHARLES  K.  ADAMS,  M.  A. 
ALLEN  J.  CURTIS,  M.  A. 
CARL  ROMINGER,  M.  D. 
ALBERT  B.  PRESCOTT,  M.  D. 
HENRY  S.  CHEEYER,  B.  A. 
DEXTER  V.  DEAN, 
K.  H.  WELLS. 


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